Assassination of a High School President

Assassination of a High School President is a 2009 film directed by Brett Simon. The screenplay is written by Tim Calpin and Kevin Jakubowski. On March 12, 2009, news agencies reported that Assassination of a High School President is in danger of going direct to dvd without a theatrical release.

The distributor is Yari Film Group the company was forced into involuntary bankruptcy in 2008.http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/03/12/is-assassination-of-a-high-school-president-going-direct-to-dvd/

Synopsis

Assassination of a High School President, also known as The Sophomore is a comedy film that premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. It follows two high school students, Funke (Reece Thompson) and Clara (Melonie Diaz) as they try to discover what has happened to missing SAT exams, which were stolen from the principle's safe during a basketball game. Funke is attempting to obtain a scholarship from Northwestern, which he will be unable to do without the SAT scores. Clara is the Editor-in-Chief of the school newspaper. During their investigation, a huge conspiracy is uncovered within the school, revealing the Student Body President was responsible for the theft.

Cast

Reece Thompson as Bobby Funke
Melonie Diaz as Clara
Mischa Barton as Francesca Fachini
Bruce Willis as Principal Kirkpatrick
Kathryn Morris as Nurse Platt
Michael Rapaport as Coach Z
Josh Pais as Senor Newell
Michael Zegen as Stephen Lohman
Nick Blaemire as Byron
Gabrielle Brennan as Chrissy Moore
Emily Brownell as Ms. Smart
Josh Caras as Marty Mullen
Tomas Deckaj as Ben Striedel
Mohamed Dione as Ongatumamwe
John Farrer as the Faculty Priest
Tanya Fischer as Sam Landis
Luke Grimes as Marlon Piazza
Aaron Himelstein as Tad Goltz
Marc John Jefferies as Elliott Duncan
Zoe Kravitz as Valerie
John Magaro as Cipriato
Emily Meade as Tiffany Ashwood
Adam Pally as Freddy Bismark
Joseph Perrino as Dutch Middelton
Vincent Piazza as Ricky Delacruz
Maria Elena Ramirez Nancy Margle
Patrick Taylor as Paul Moore
Robin Taylor as Alex Schneider

*WireImage.com: [http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=gls300480&evntI=2729 Assassination of a High School President Sundance Premiere Photos]